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International Launch Services (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. announced a contract for the launch of AsiaSat 7 satellite on an ILS Proton.
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China will launch two Shijian research satellites in the near future from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft due to launch in December suffered damage to its container in transit.
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Iridium Communications Inc. announced that it has signed the definitive Coface Facility Agreement to finance its next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT.
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NASA’s Kepler mission Science Operations Center software system was named winner of the 2010 NASA Software of the Year Award by the NASA Software Advisory Panel.
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Cable and satellite TV are considered to be one of our entertainment sources at home. What would be the real effect for us in having so much fun with cable and satellite television?
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